Over time, these cascading effects contribute to a growing burden on the person, their family and the health-care system. As ...

For people trapped in the cycle of severe depression, hope is a cruel tease. It arrives briefly with a new pill or a round of ...

For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect.

Psychologists and psychiatrists told ABC News that witnessing a death -- whether in person, via the news or on social media - ...

Depression and suicidality remain among the most pressing public health challenges worldwide and are major contributors to ...

A major new study has found that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which applies magnetic energy to the brain, can be ...

Older women who have a history of both depression and anxiety had a 78% higher risk of developing long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, report University of California San Diego researchers in the ...

In a first, this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a brain stimulation device designed to treat depression at home. The approval of the first such device for home depression ...

For more than four decades, Kathleen O'Brien, PhD, has shaped how communities understand and support children's emotional ...

A new survey found that people who spend more time with chatbots for social interactions or emotional support were likelier to report mental health symptoms.

Many people with different mental health problems can be absent from work for a long time. But new results give hope that more people can recover and return to work sooner.